Noordwijkerhout municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 15.102; area: 23,42 km². Settlements:
Noordwijkerhout (seat), De Zilk.
Noordwijkerhout is a municipality in (north) Zuid-Holland province,
in the "bulb-region", where the Tulips from Amsterdam originate.
In Roman times it was inhabited by Caninefates, a German tribe. In
the 9th century it was a popular holiday-resort of the Vikings; one of
them, Hrolf or Gerolf, was granted by the king of Lorraine on 4 Aug 889
the fief of the manorlordship of Northgo, the shire north of the Rhine
river. Gerolf had a hunting lodge built there, and around the lodge the
settlement of Noortigerhout (Noirtigerhout, Nortekerhout - Noordwijkerhout).
The inhabitants lived off agriculture, cattlebreeding and fishing.
In the 20th century they started to grow flower-bulbs.

On 13 Jan 1964 a flag was adopted by municipal resolution with a blue
field and in the center a yellow lion.
Jarig Bakker, 12 Jul 2003

Noordwijkerhout 1938 flag

by Jarig Bakker, 12 Jul 2003

Since 1938 the municipal arms of Noordwijkerhout have been displayed
on the municipal flag. Originally it was: bottom half yellow, top half
halved - at the hoist the municipal arms, at the fly red; red-yellow fringe.
I've put the Shipmate image in
the canton. This is probably a flag made for the occasion of Queen
Wilhelmina's 40 years reigning jubilee. Yellow and red were the provincial
colors of Zuid-Holland.
Source: the Noordwijkerhout
website.
Jarig Bakker, 12 Jul 2003